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Aged care reforms

19 May 2023
Webinar,

This document responds to questions put to the Commission at the ‘Regulation of workforce-related responsibilities including 24/7 on site registered nurse and care minutes’ webinar held on 18 April 2023. The information is current as at 17 May 2023.

 

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15 May 2023
Webinar,
Guides,

This document responds to questions put to the Commission at the ‘Aged care sector reforms – current status and what’s next?’ webinar held on 15 December 2022. The information is current as at 15 May 2023.

 

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14 April 2023
Regulatory Bulletins,

In this regulatory bulletin, the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (Commission) discusses the workforce-related responsibilities of approved providers, including the additional responsibilities for 24/7 registered nurse coverage and care minutes that are being introduced from 1 July and 1 October 2023 respectively for approved providers of residential aged care. The bulletin explains how the Commission will regulate these responsibilities.

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6 April 2023
Fact sheet,

Review of the Aged Care Quality Standards was a key recommendation of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. The Commission is contributing to the review in our role as the national regulator of aged care services. This fact sheet provides further information about our Strengthened Quality Standards pilot project, commencing early 2023.

 

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16 March 2023
Presentations,

The Code of Conduct for Aged Care – training PowerPoint is a presentation that trainers can download, customise and use to teach their workers about the Code of Conduct for Aged Care (the Code).

The training resource:

  • offers an overview of the Code
  • supports an exploration of the Code and its 8 elements
  • is designed to support reflective discussions about the Code and how it applies in practice. 

Note:

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20 December 2022

This document contains a summary of all available resources for SIRS as at 15 December 2022

 

SIRS Resources

20 December 2022
Corporate publications,

This document contains a summary of all available resources for Code of Conduct for Aged Care as at 15 December 2022

 

Code of Conduct for Aged Care (the Code)

20 December 2022
Presentations,

Download a PDF of the slides that were used in the 15 December 2022 webinar, Aged care sector reforms – current status and what’s next?

 

Aged care sector reforms – current status and what’s next?

12 April 2023
Fact sheet,
Guides,

On 1 December 2022, the Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS) was extended from residential aged care to include home care and flexible aged care depvered in a home or community setting.

This fact sheet for home services care recipients explains what the SIRS is, what is expected of providers, what a SIRS reportable incident is and how to seek help if needed.

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1 December 2022
Webinar,

This document contains responses to questions asked during our SIRS for home services webinar series.

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